Pacific Northwest Weather

[cloud9]

My youngest son Anthony graduated from Kamiak last year.

[AnthonyC]

Looks like the perfect setup for the lowlands would be a negative AO and negative PNA. From early indications, this could happen at the end of January, beginning of February.

[cloud9]

Sounds good, I have a good feeling about this winter, I think we'll be getting more snow. Our horses got extra heavy fur this winter.

[AnthonyC]

Wow, it hasn't been this warm for at least two weeks!! Currently 42 F. Typical, Seattle day...cloudy and dreary, not too cold but not warm. Monday morning looks pretty wet and breezy. This entire week looks really wet and mild.

[R-Dub]

I know its weird to have it so warm out there! Its up to 41 degrees, that's the warmest its been here since the end of December!

[R-Dub]

1/16/05 LK Goodwin WA
12:00:49 AM CURRENT
Cloudy
Temperature (ºF) 43.3
Humidity (%) 91.3
Wind (mph) ESE 2.0
Daily Rain (") 0.17
Pressure ("Hg) 30.33
Dew Point: 41.0 ºF
Snow Depth: Trace

[AnthonyC]

Anyone look at the Northeast's weather this entire week?! Boston has afternoon high temperatures in the teens and overnight lows in the single-digits to below 0. Pretty cold stuff!!

[cloud9]

Yeah, maybe some arctic air will move our way

[R-Dub]

With these types of winters, the east will get very cold now, but it should swing back to us by the end of the month, first of Feb! That has been the routine this winter anyway, and all signals pointing that way.

[R-Dub]

Anthony, Justin, Tim I sent you a PM.

[R-Dub]

We can hope Cloud9!!!! I think we have a great chance of seeing more maybe much more winter weather. Give it about 2 weeks or so.

[AnthonyC]

R-Dub,

I received your message. Did you get my reply?

[TT-SEA]

We're back from skiing. 14 degrees at Snoqualmie Summit with freezing rain. A total mess. The new snow is already icy. We decided to come home. I-90 is bad until right before North Bend.

Here it is one big slushy mess. I actually can't wait for this to finish melting. Ground is still covered with snow but going fast.

I feel like I got my heavy snow... had my fun... and I am O.K. if we do not return to a winter pattern this year.

We will see what happens.

[W13]

Anthony, Justin, Tim I sent you a PM.

Check your PM Box, I replied.

[TT-SEA]

12Z run of the GFS does not show any signs of snow through the end of its run at 384 hours.

Really warm next weekend and then standard zonal flow.

Could change... just mentioning it for whats its worth.

[AnthonyC]

TT-SEA,

Thanks for the info on the Cascade passes. I planned to snowboard at Stevens Pass tomorrow, but it doesn't sound very good. 14 F with freezing rain?! Wow, that layer of cold air must be pretty shallow. How much new snow did they receive?

Anthony

Currently 47 F!!!! It hasn't been this warm since before Xmas.

[AnthonyC]

The latest 12z GFS shows the POSSIBILITY for a colder airmass to invade the Pacific Northwest after hour 360, but it's not looking likely at this moment. A ridge of high pressure is parked along 135W, which is not conducive for arctic air to funnel down from BC. If that high were to retrograde further west to about 145-150W, then it would be a different story. Pretty zonal flow setting up after day 7.

[R-Dub]

1/16/05 LK Goodwin WA
2:02:31 PM CURRENT
Cloudy/Windy
Temperature (ºF) 42.4
Humidity (%) 94.9
Wind (mph) ESE 15.7
Daily Rain (") 0.17
Pressure ("Hg) 30.32
Dew Point: 41.0 ºF
Snow Depth: Only the neighbors snowman

[W13]

Currently: Cloudy, Light Rain Mist at times
Temperature: 38 F (High 38 F, Low 30 F)
Humidity: 100%
Dew Point: 38 F
Wind Chill: 38 F
Wind: ESE 2 ... Gusting ENE 6
Rain Today: 0.02"
Monthly Rain: 0.03"
Snow Depth: 0" ... Ice still in the shady spots

[TT-SEA]

They had about 9 inches of new snow up there. But it was terrible with the ice. They will most likely be closed next week with all the rain coming.

Just drove to Issaquah (and back) and saw the rain/snow line from last night. Exactly 5 miles west of North Bend... up a hill... and right at the exit for Snoqualmie Falls (exit 25) we went from snowbanks along the freeway and snow on the ground to nothing at all. The cold air was just trapped around North Bend and kept getting fed by a cold east wind off the Cascades.

Even though the snow is melting fast... you could still tell precisely where the switch to snow happened as you moved towards the Cascades on I-90 last night.

Just a slushy mess here... bare ground in spots where the wind blew it down and snowbanks around. Water just running down the street now with the melting snow.

I wish it was gone now... and it will be by tomorrow morning.